Proper Wireless PC Card Setup

[Net Llama!]

kbb0927 at cs.com wrote:
> Llama,
> 
> Ok, I no longer have to do yast. It still requires however, a rcnetwark
> restart to turn on the card. Should I try alias eth-pcmcia orinoco_cs in
> /etc/modules.conf?  Where do I change the order so that the pcmcia loads
> after network loads?

I take it that a reboot did not resolve the problem?  You might try 
aliasing eth-pcmcia-0 in /etc/modules.conf.  THe order that services are 
started/stopped is normally controlled somewhere in /etc/rc.d/rcX.d 
where X is the runlevel.  SuSE prolly has that directory structure 
slightly different, but it should be somewhere under /etc.

> 
> Best,
> 
> Keith B.
> 
> "Net Llama!" <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>>kbb0927 at cs.com wrote:
>>
>>>LLama,
>>>
>>>No such bird as ifcfg-eth1. I did put alias eth1 orinoco_cs in 
>>>/etc/modulesconf.  I found ifcfg-eth-pcmcia-0, but no entry for
>>>ONBOOOT. I restarted the network using rcnetwork restart, but I have
>>>not rebooted. Will do it now and get back to you.
>>
>>I should have prefaced my suggestions with the warning that I have zero 
>>wireless experience, and i'm just basing everything on how this all 
>>works with a traditional 10/100 NIC.  Its quite possible that SuSE uses 
>>ifcfg-eth-pcmcia-0 instead of ifcfg-eth[0,1].
>>
>>
>>>Thanks for your response. Enjoy that new baby!!!
>>
>>Thanks.  We're trying, in between the lack of sleep :)
>>
>>
>>
>>>Best Regards,
>>>
>>>Keith B.
>>>
>>>"Net Llama!" <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Sounds like Joel might be onto something.  First, *forget* YAST.  Its 
>>>>obscuring what you need to accomplish.  You should first look at 
>>>>/etc/modules.conf to see if there is an entry for eth1.  If not, add it 
>>>>like this:
>>>>alias eth1 orinoco_cs
>>>>
>>>>Next, look at /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 and verify that 
>>>>ONBOOT=YES, and all the other info listed is correct.
>>>>
>>>>Report your progress.
>>>>
>>>>Joel Hammer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Don't know nuthin' about wireless, laptops, or PCMCIA, but: This sounds
>>>>>
>>>>
>>> like the drivers aren't loading at boot up. What modules are present after
>>>
>>>
>>>>>YAST sets up your card and  what modules are loaded after reboot (lsmod) ?
>>>>>
>>>>>You might look at your bootup messages (/var/log/messages, dmesg) and
>>>>>see if your card is being detected at bootup.
>>>>>
>>>>>Does ifconfig show this type of card?
>>>>>
>>>>>Joel
>>>>>
>>>>>On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 01:35:55PM -0400, kbb0927 at cs.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hello Lists,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I have set up my Siemens Wireless PCMCIA card using the orinoco_cs drivers
>>>>>>and according to the manufacturer, I have altered the following files:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>1.  /etc/pcmcia/config  - put the info about the card and told it to
>>>>>>                        bind to orinoco_cs here.
>>>>>>2.  /etc/wireless.opts  - put the INFO aabout INFO, ESSID, MODE here.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>3.  Setup the card under yast as eth-pcmcia-0 which gets put up as eth1.
>>>>>>4.  When I finish the set up it runs like a charm. 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>When I shutdown the laptop when I'm done and later reboot it, nothings
>>>>>>works until I go back to yast and reset the card up again. What am I
>>>>>>missing?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>HARDWARE INFO:   Compaq M700 (PIII-850, 256M RAM, Two Type II PCMCIA slots
>>>>>>               Linksys Access Point
>>>>>>               Siemens PCMCIA Wireless NIC in Slot 1 (2nd slot)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>SOFTWARE INFO:   SuSE 8.0 Pro, KDE3, Basically out of box install with
>>>>>>               YOU updates. Uses yenta_socket drivers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks in advance for help.  BTW, Can't get it to run at all under WinXP.
>>>>>>Go figure!!!

-- 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
L. Friedman                       	       netllama at linux-sxs.org
Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo: 		    http://netllama.ipfox.com

   2:55pm  up 30 days, 21:48,  4 users,  load average: 0.14, 0.13, 0.10